Northwestern State women rally to defeat Nicholls State

3:51 PM,
Mar. 14, 2014

Northwestern State's Keisha Lee tries to grab the basketball Friday.

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KATY, Texas - Trudy Armstead and the Northwestern State women's basketball team did not let a wild 3-pointer from Nicholls deflate them, but instead the Lady Demons responded to finish the 69-65 win on a 6-0 run to advance to the semifinals of the Southland Conference Tournament Friday morning at the Merrell Center.

The Lady Demons will face the top seed in the tournament, Lamar, on Saturday at noon. NSU and Lamar split the season series, each winning on the opponent's court.

"First off I want to tip my hat to Nicholls. It was a great game, back-and-fourth pretty much the whole game until White hit ...